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Karatana, Ozlem; Ergun, Ayse; Erol, Saime – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2023
College women are at more risk in terms of sexual behavior than male students. This study was carried out to determine the effect of the transtheoretical model-based Healthy Youth Program on college women's sexual health knowledge and behaviors. The sample of the study, which was conducted with a one-group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: College Students, Females, Sexuality, Health
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Alicia M. Hoke; Chelsea M. Keller; Caroline L. Grimm; Erik B. Lehman; Deepa L. Sekhar – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: The whole school, whole community, whole child (WSCC) model suggests wellness councils, ongoing review of wellness policy, and a plan for evaluating set objectives are some of the key features needed to support school wellness infrastructure. This study explored the relationship between implementation of these infrastructure features…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Schools, Wellness, Educational Policy
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Chen, C.-C.; Ryuh, Y.-J.; Donald, M.; Rayner, M. – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2022
Background: Physical activity has been proposed as a context to foster the healthy development of individuals and reduce the risk of many chronic problems. This study evaluates the impact of badminton lessons on health and wellness in young adults with intellectual disabilities (ID). Methods: Eighteen participants with ID (14 males and 4 females,…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Health, Wellness, Young Adults
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Christina Nicolaidis; Mirah Scharer; Dora M. Raymaker; Joseph Vera; Todd Edwards; Ian Moura; Mary Baker-Ericzén; Joelle Maslak; Liu-Qin Yang; Rachel Kripke-Ludwig; Steven K. Kapp; Andrea Joyce; Anna Wallington; Academic Autism Spectrum Partnership in Research and Education (AASPIRE) Outcomes Project Team – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2025
People are increasingly recognizing the need for service interventions to improve the lives of autistic adults. However, less is known about how to best evaluate such services. We aimed to identify (1) which self-reported outcomes are most important to measure when evaluating the effectiveness of services for autistic adults and (2) what survey…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adults, Program Evaluation, Intervention
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Ting-fen Lin; Leila Mori; Akansha Batra; Nilanjana Chakraborty; Suprateek Kundu – Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups, 2025
Purpose: Stress is common in speech-language pathology. While sources of stress cannot be eliminated overnight, lifestyle changes such as learning tools to be resilient can be implemented. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the impact of an evidence-based breathwork meditation program (Sudarshan Kriya Yoga Breath Meditation [SKY]) on the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Speech Language Pathology, Anxiety, Stress Management
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Sophie Barriault; Mary Motz; Lamia Firasta; Hannah McDowell; Patrick R. Labelle; Nancy Poole; Nicole Racine – Infant Mental Health Journal: Infancy and Early Childhood, 2025
Maternal substance use is a pressing public health issue that confers risk for maternal health, the parent-infant relationship, and child development. Integrated interventions that jointly address maternal substance use and child development have shown promise for enhancing child outcomes. No research to date has focused exclusively on the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Substance Abuse, Intervention, Child Development
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Koenig, Virginia E.; Provident, Ingrid M. – Health Education Journal, 2019
Objective: Health literacy is the ability to access, understand, evaluate and communicate information in a manner that promotes, maintains and improves health care in a variety of settings across the life span. Health professionals, including occupational therapists (OTs), need to consider health literacy in order to optimise client-centred…
Descriptors: Workshops, Occupational Therapy, Allied Health Personnel, Multiple Literacies
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Teraoka, Eishin; Kirk, David – Sport, Education and Society, 2022
Physical education is expected to play a significant role in developing pupils' health. This is the case in Scotland, where physical education is located in a prioritised cross-curricular area of Health and Wellbeing (HWB). However, there is a lack of evidence on the extent to which physical education contributes to pupils' HWB under the new…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Student Attitudes, Teacher Attitudes, Physical Education Teachers
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Charlotte Löfqvist; Maria Haak; Catharina Melander; Gudrun Edgren; Søren S. B. Bengtsen; Susanne Iwarsson – Teaching in Higher Education, 2024
The aim is to describe the development of a novel interdisciplinary graduate school, using the Swedish National Graduate School for Competitive Science on Ageing and Health (SWEAH) as a case example. We explore doctoral students' perceptions of being part of SWEAH and provide implications for practice. Written self-reports reflecting 78 students'…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Doctoral Students, Interdisciplinary Approach, Graduate Study
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Cusack, L.; Jones, M.; Desha, L.; Hoffmann, T. C. – Health Education Research, 2023
Making informed health decisions requires knowledge and skills in appraising health claims, and teaching adolescents these skills may prepare them for future decision-making. This cluster randomized trial evaluated the effectiveness of an educational intervention on students' ability to identify and appraise health claims. Nine Australian high…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, High School Students, Critical Thinking, Thinking Skills
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Yildiz, Gizem; Cavkaytar, Atilla – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
It is important to provide the independent life support individuals with intellectual disabilities need in preparing for employment. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of the Pre-Employment Independent Life Education Program (PILEP) design based on the needs to inform and support young adults. The research model…
Descriptors: Career Development, Independent Living, Young Adults, Intellectual Disability
Cyna Schuster – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The purpose of this study was to: (a) embed nature and mindfulness into university course curriculum to determine the influence they have on students' health and well-being, (b) examine students' perspectives of mindfulness in the natural environment, and (c) to determine what students identify as the impacts of integrating nature and mindfulness…
Descriptors: College Students, Metacognition, Health, Well Being
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Stelmach, Rachel D.; Fitch, Elizabeth; Chen, Molly; Meekins, Meagan; Flueckiger, Rebecca M.; Colaço, Rajeev – American Journal of Evaluation, 2022
Monitoring, evaluation, and research activities generate important data, but they often fail to change policies or programs. In addition, local program staff and partners often feel disconnected from these activities, which undermines their ownership of data and results. To bridge the gaps between monitoring, evaluation, and research and to give…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Evaluation, Research, Global Approach
Shreya Mukhopadhyay; Rowan Hilty; Jennifer Cleveland; Kathryn Tout – Child Trends, 2024
The Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) contracted with Child Trends in 2022 to conduct an independent evaluation of Parent Aware to explore its effectiveness in supporting the state's children, families, and early care and education (ECE) workforce. As part of this evaluation, the team at Child Trends conducted an analysis of Rating and…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Program Evaluation
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Leach, Carrie; Schroeck, N.; Blessman, J.; Rorai, V.; Cooper-Sargent, M.; Lichtenberg, P. A.; Trentacosta, C. J. – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2022
Environmentally overburdened communities need information and resources to cope with hazards. We describe, and use a case study to depict, a participatory process of engaging Detroit stakeholders with academic researchers in the co-production of environmental health communication tools to enhance their capacity to address the unjust conditions.…
Descriptors: School Community Relationship, Urban Areas, Hazardous Materials, Health
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